Robert A. Levine

35.1k total citations · 4 hit papers
448 papers, 24.1k citations indexed

About

Robert A. Levine is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Surgery and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert A. Levine has authored 448 papers receiving a total of 24.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 316 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 140 papers in Surgery and 84 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Robert A. Levine's work include Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments (268 papers), Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (181 papers) and Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair (98 papers). Robert A. Levine is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments (268 papers), Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (181 papers) and Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair (98 papers). Robert A. Levine collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Japan. Robert A. Levine's co-authors include Arthur E. Weyman, Mark D. Handschumacher, Ehud Schwammenthal, Paul Grayburn, Neil J. Weissman, William A. Zoghbi, Miguel A. Quiñones, Elyse Foster, Alan D. Waggoner and Judy Hung and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and JAMA.

In The Last Decade

Robert A. Levine

426 papers receiving 23.2k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Recommendations for evaluation of the severity of native valvular regurgitation with two-dimensional and doppler echocardiography

2003 3.2k citations Robert A. Levine et al. profile →
Recommendations for Evaluation of Prosthetic Valves With Echocardiography and Doppler Ultrasound

2009 843 citations Robert A. Levine et al. profile →
Prevalence and Clinical Outcome of Mitral-Valve Prolapse

1999 715 citations Lisa A. Freed, Daniel Levy et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →
Auditory‐Nerve Activity in Cats with Normal and Abnormal Cochleas

1970 305 citations Robert A. Levine et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Robert A. Levine	17.6k	7.6k	7.5k	4.0k	2.8k	448	24.1k
Michael Forsting	1.4k 0.1×	1.7k 0.2×	4.0k 0.5×	5.4k 1.4×	4.5k 1.6×	656	19.0k
Marinos C. Dalakas	2.6k 0.1×	1.8k 0.2×	8.9k 1.2×	2.0k 0.5×	848 0.3×	415	28.2k
R. Shane Tubbs	925 0.1×	12.8k 1.7×	2.9k 0.4×	2.2k 0.6×	2.3k 0.8×	1.8k	24.8k
Kuni Ohtomo	479 0.0×	4.1k 0.5×	3.1k 0.4×	6.9k 1.7×	3.0k 1.1×	648	17.4k
Baziel G.M. van Engelen	2.1k 0.1×	2.7k 0.4×	2.9k 0.4×	1.3k 0.3×	730 0.3×	537	18.2k
John A. Jane	401 0.0×	7.2k 1.0×	8.7k 1.2×	842 0.2×	2.0k 0.7×	434	26.6k
Olav Jansen	1.8k 0.1×	868 0.1×	6.3k 0.8×	1.8k 0.5×	5.6k 2.0×	362	12.9k
Claus Zimmer	556 0.0×	1.1k 0.2×	3.0k 0.4×	5.2k 1.3×	2.2k 0.8×	577	16.7k
Victor Dubowitz	2.4k 0.1×	2.3k 0.3×	1.6k 0.2×	571 0.1×	2.0k 0.7×	413	17.8k
Siegfried Trattnig	551 0.0×	6.2k 0.8×	1.0k 0.1×	7.1k 1.8×	891 0.3×	610	19.2k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Nascimento, Bruno Ramos, et al.. (2025). Prevalence of Rheumatic Heart Disease in First-degree Relatives of Index-cases: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Global Heart. 20(1). 24–24.

Nascimento, Bruno Ramos, et al.. (2025). Clinical Outcomes After Valve Intervention in Rheumatic Mitral Valve Disease. Global Heart. 20(1). 38–38.

Shpitzen, Shoshi, Haim Rosen, Ayal Ben‐Zvi, et al.. (2024). Characterization of LTBP2 mutation causing mitral valve prolapse. European Heart Journal Open. 5(1). oeae106–oeae106.

Park, Matthew H., Serguei Melnitchouk, Yasufumi Nagata, et al.. (2022). Native and Post-Repair Residual Mitral Valve Prolapse Increases Forces Exerted on the Papillary Muscles: A Possible Mechanism for Localized Fibrosis?. Circulation Cardiovascular Interventions. 15(12). 11 indexed citations

Aïkawa, Elena, et al.. (2022). Progression of aortic stenosis after an acute myocardial infarction. Open Heart. 9(1). e002046–e002046. 4 indexed citations

Jha, Prabhash Kumar, Mark C. Blaser, Adrien Lupieri, et al.. (2022). Prothymosin Alpha: A Novel Contributor to Estradiol Receptor Alpha–Mediated CD8 ⁺ T-Cell Pathogenic Responses and Recognition of Type 1 Collagen in Rheumatic Heart Valve Disease. Circulation. 145(7). 531–548. 23 indexed citations

D’Empaire, Gabriel, et al.. (2022). First-in-Human Experience of Preload Regulation with Percutaneous Transluminal Caval Flow Regulation in Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction Patients. ESC Heart Failure. 9(2). 1118–1126. 2 indexed citations

Iwataki, Mai, Tetsuji Kitano, Yosuke Nabeshima, et al.. (2020). Novel noninvasive estimation of mixed venous oxygen saturation by echocardiography and expired gas analysis. American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology. 319(5). H1078–H1086. 3 indexed citations

Bartko, Philipp E., Martin Hülsmann, Judy Hung, et al.. (2020). Secondary valve regurgitation in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, heart failure with mid-range ejection fraction, and heart failure with reduced ejection fraction. European Heart Journal. 41(29). 2799–2810. 40 indexed citations

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Nascimento, Bruno Ramos, Sammy Elmariah, José Luiz Padilha da Silva, et al.. (2018). Impact of left atrial compliance improvement on functional status after percutaneous mitral valvuloplasty. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 93(1). 156–163. 7 indexed citations

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Levine, Robert A. & Albert P. Williams. (2015). Making evaluation effective : a guide /. Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (Québec government).

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Kim, Jiwon, Polydoros Ν. Kampaktsis, Attila Fehér, et al.. (2014). Effect of Myocardial Perfusion Pattern on Frequency and Severity of Mitral Regurgitation in Patients With Known or Suspected Coronary Artery Disease. The American Journal of Cardiology. 114(3). 355–361. 10 indexed citations

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Chaput, Miguel, Mark D. Handschumacher, François Tournoux, et al.. (2008). Mitral Leaflet Adaptation to Ventricular Remodeling. Circulation. 118(8). 845–852. 175 indexed citations

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Jensen, Morten Ø., Henrik Jensen, Morten Smerup, et al.. (2007). Abstract 2264: Saddle-shaped Mitral Valve Annuloplasty Rings Provide Superior Annular Force Distribution. Circulation. 116. 1 indexed citations

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Levine, Robert A., Mark D. Handschumacher, David J. Dorer, et al.. (2006). Geometric Determinants of Functional Tricuspid Regurgitation. Circulation. 114(2). 143–149. 266 indexed citations

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Freed, Lisa A., Daniel Levy, Robert A. Levine, et al.. (2002). Mitral valve prolapse and atrial septal aneurysm: an evaluation in the framingham heart study. The American Journal of Cardiology. 89(11). 1326–1329. 10 indexed citations

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Freed, Lisa A., Daniel Levy, Robert A. Levine, et al.. (1999). Prevalence and Clinical Outcome of Mitral-Valve Prolapse. New England Journal of Medicine. 341(1). 1–7. 715 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lemmon, Jack, et al.. (1992). A three-dimensional computational model of a thin-walled left ventricle. Conference on High Performance Computing (Supercomputing). 73–82. 4 indexed citations

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Lovenberg, Walter & Robert A. Levine. (1987). Unconjugated pterins in neurobiology : basic and clinical aspects. Taylor & Francis eBooks. 10 indexed citations

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Levine, Robert A., et al.. (1982). A Survey of NATO Defense Concepts. RAND Corporation eBooks. 1 indexed citations

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